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NEWS & LETTERS, March 2004Defend Yanar!Yanar Mohammed, head of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), is highly regarded in the world today for her brave efforts in defending women's rights in Iraq. Since the recent introduction of Law Number 137 by the Iraqi Ruling Council to remove the previous Personal Status Code and replace it with Sharia law, Yanar has exposed the serious threat to women's lives and rights if Sharia is imposed and organized women and men in opposition to it. As a result, she has been threatened with death by the Army of Sahaba (Jaysh Al-Sahaba). We, the undersigned, are outraged at the threat to Yanar Mohammed's life and hold the U.S. government primarily responsible for the abysmal situation it has created, which threatens the life of and affords no protection to Yanar Mohammad. We unequivocally defend her and OWFI's activists in Iraq, defend secularism, namely the separation of religion from the state and educational system and full equality for women, and strongly denounce Islamic terrorist groups. |
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